Previous Assessments
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Poster Presentation
Acquisitonal Crime and Consumer Capitalism
Presenting how consumer capitalism has contributed to an increase in the prevalence of acquisitive crime - discussing anomie, ubiquity of advertisements, capitalist realism, and market crashes (and the affect of crashes on economic inequality).
Essay - 1500 words
Ethnicity, Nationality and Immigration Policy
An essay responding to the statement 'critically evaluate the relationship between race and ethnicity and the state’s approach to immigration policy'.
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Explores Theory of Moral Disengagement and refutes the idea that immigration is unracialized.
Report - 1000 words
Structural Inequalities & Victimization of Mentally Disabled
“Critically examine the extent to which structural inequalities contribute to variable experiences of victimisation on the basis of at least one of the following characteristics: ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, sexual orientation/identity and/or disability.”
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Explores intersectionality (gender and economic status) and access to the CJS, specifically Stigmatization and police victimization.
Podcast - 8 minutes
The Argument For Pretrial Detention
A podcast style recording fighting in favour of remand in custody - looks at public protection and Utilitarian values, lack of alternatives for dangerous offenders, and refutes a common critique (that pretrial detention is disproportionally used against BAME individuals).
Presentation - 8 minutes
Police Brutality Victimization & Media Representations
A PowerPoint presentation for an 8 minute talk, discussing how the media influences police brutality victims' access to justice. Analyses contemporary examples of police brutality, Ideal Victim, and the effect of new media.
Research Report - 2000 words
Factors Influencing Police and Crime Comissioner Contact
A research report using Chi Square and a Logistic Regression Analysis to explore weather sex, ethnicity and household income affect whether a person contacts their local Police and Crime Comissioner. Data taken from the Crime Survey for England and Wales 2017-2018.
Essay - 1000 words
Prison System and Female Inmates
​“The prison system in England and Wales is unfit for the purpose of housing women sentenced to a custodial sentence” Discuss.
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Explores how the prison system inadequately addresses the physical health of women (pregnancy, menstruation), mental health (increased amount of self-harm/suicide attempts) and lack of provisions for mothers.
Essay - 2000 words
Consumerism and Green Criminology
An essay asnwering the statement "Consumer culture has had a destructive effect on western societal culture and fanned the flames of criminality". I used the crimes committed in LEDCs and the harmful effect manufacture has on the environment to answer this statement.
Presentation - 10 minutes
Sex Trafficking Regulations in the UK
"How is sex trafficking regulated in the UK."
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Explains how the law exacerbates sex trafficking through criminalizing, incarcerating and deporting victims of sex trafficking. Identifies key pieces of legislation such as the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and the Immigration Act 1971 - and discusses how they’re bullshit.
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Similar-ish to the essay on the right, but this focuses more on feminist theoretical perspectives and has my mug in it.
Essay - 2000 words
Sex Trafficking Laws Increase Risks to Vicitms
"Critically analyse the extent to which the law increases risks for victims of sex trafficking."
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Explains how the law exacerbates sex trafficking through criminalizing, incarcerating and deporting victims of sex trafficking. Identifies key pieces of legislation such as the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and the Immigration Act 1971 - and discusses how they’re bullshit.
Photogrpahic Essay - 2000 words
Death Imagery on Cigarette Packaging: Neoliberalism vs State Pateralism
A photogrpahic essay entitled: 'Death imagery on cigarette packaging: the struggle between state paternalism and neoliberalism'. Establishes that GWLs (graphic warning labels) exemplify a form of state paternalism, and then explores the way that this contravenes ingrained neoliberal values. Proposes 'neolibreal paternalism' and third way ideologies to suggest a solution to the struggle between these antithetical positions.
Photogrpahic Essay - 2000 words
Death and Happiness: An Exploration of Western Attitudes Towards Suicide Survivors
A photographic essay entitled: 'Death and Happiness: How Western Societies Express Discomfort Around Suicide and Why They Are Wrong To'. This essay first analyses the stigmatization of people bereaved by suicide, and then demonstrates how suicide survivors are compelled seek support via technology rather than face-to-face interactions with close ones. Finally, and most juicily, Binkley's (2014) ‘new discourse on happiness’ is used to argue that western societies conceptualize happiness through a neoliberal lens, constantly striving to procure and hoard happiness - which is antithetical to suicide.
Essay - 2000 words
Universal/Abstract Terrorism and Neoliberalism
“How do universal/abstract terrorist groups and strategic terrorist groups differ? How does a terror group’s ideological approach impact target selection and recruitment? How does a terror group’s ideological approach effect how governments respond to them? How do these ideological approaches impact a terrorist group’s success?”
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Interrogates the 'Free Rider Problem', and employs post-colonial perspectives and concludes by analysing the commodification and identity construction utilised by some extremist groups.
Report - 1000 words
How Prison Fails Menopausal Women
A report that first explores how the prison service deprives menopausal women of necessary medical attention. Then analyses how incarcerated women forgo crucial lifestyle changes – such as exercise regimes and dietary changes. Finally, precomendations are proposed, such as specialized training for prison officers, a structural investigation of ageism and misogony within the prison system, and more widely: the CJS.